They line up in front of a courthouse in southeastern France, from morning to evening, and have gathered in the thousands in cities across the country. They hold signs reading, “one rape every six minutes,” “not all men but always a man,” and “giving in is not consenting.”
They chant: “Rapist we see you, victim we believe you.”
Women across France are rallying in support of Gisèle Pelicot, a 72-year-old reluctant icon whose husband is on trial in the city of Avignon for systematically drugging her and inviting dozens of men, 50 of whom are now his co-defendants, into their home to rape her over nearly a decade.
The shocking case has sparked what many women in France call a long-overdue reckoning over “rape culture” and systemic sexism in the way the judicial system handles sexual violence.
You are basically validating the people who are trying to dismiss the assaults by men by using the “women do it too!” defense.
I’m sorry for what happened to you and you deserve justice and support. But so do the literally millions upon millions of women who have been assaulted by men who are basically ignored or intimidated by our society into staying silent about their experience.
incredibly ironic. how can you dismiss assault and say I’m the one dismissing it? jesus please get a grip and get off the fucking internet. why did I even try?
If you actually read my comment you’ll notice I did not dismiss anything.
Just stop and go away, please. No one wants to read your bigotry around here, you’re not impressing anyone.
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Brigading me and bullying is really a good way to prove your point.
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I didn’t link this post and ask people to vote on it. BTW how creepy are you, trolling my profile?
Edit: speaking of which, I am now understanding where all these new downvotes on comments that are not in this post are coming from. Reported.
And, disgusting slop? Seriously? I’m not the one who is trying to obfuscate the issue with false outrage. I guarantee that every reactive comment and downvote I have gotten here came from a man and that nearly all of them didn’t even bother to actually read the whole article.